Deutsche lists world's first Pakistan and Bangladesh ETFs

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Deutsche Bank has listed the first ever ETFs linked to Pakistan and Bangladesh on the Singapore Stock Exchange.

It has also listed ETFs which provide exposure to Singapore and Asia Pacific ex-Japan. All four ETFs - which are part of the bank's ETF platform, db X-trackers - track the relevant MSCI indices. The launches are part of Deutsche Bank's focus on single Asian country ETFs. "In 2008 we launched an ETF linked to another frontier market: Vietnam. Now this ETF is the largest single country frontier market ETF in the world with US$270 million assets under management," explains Marco Montanari, director, head of Deutsche Bank ETFs and db-X funds Asia. "One year and half ago we launched an ETF...

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